Honda Civic Mugen RR – with circuit lap video!

Mugen has put it’s tuning touches on the Honda Civic Type-R sedan, which reduces it’s weight by 10kg and boosts power output of the high revving 2.0 litre i-VTEC engine to 240 horsepower at 8,000rpm – a boost of 15 horsepower. Peak torque of 217Nm is achieved at a high rev range of 7,000rpm.

Other upgraded features include a new Mugen bodykit, upgraded brakes, a new suspension kit, new wheels and tires and Mugen-badged Recaro bucket seats.

The Honda Civic Mugen RR has a limited edition production run – only 300 units will produced, finished in the Milan Red paint you see in these photos.

More photos and a video of the Honda Civic Mugen RR doing a lap around Japan’s Tsukuba circuit after the jump.

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Weight reduce only 10 kg! Can we feel the difference or just the 'feel'. Just like their NSX using whatever advance material to replace the leather part under the gearknob to save a few microgram. Its ridiculous for mugen to talk bout weight saving i think. Next time rid at about 100kg, then mugen can say bout weight saving. But overall is demn hot.

240hp and 217Nm/159lb-ft of torque.. Sounds just like the specs of a Honda s2000, except in a 4-door front wheel drive car. Still, its impressive for a N/A and I love how it looks. Cheers for Mugen for another brilliant car!

anyone who read evo magazine will know that honda's new type r civic is not that good, but that is the less power no lsd uk hatch version, lets hope this is much better…maybe like the old dc2 intergra type-r?

It will most likely still be cheaper than a STi, and being a Honda at least we know build quality guaranteed will be pretty good (since its not produced in the Thai factory). Plus, no Impreza, WRX or STi looks half as good as this Civic. Subaru designs are at the most just alright

A Paddle shift with it's TC would never do such a sweet engine justice. I mean, I'm by no means a seasoned driver, yet I think the lag between the time you pull on the paddle shift and when the shift actually happens is so long, I bet I could shift faster with a clutch and a stick.

… another beauty release from mugen, looks great, but i don like it, yeah, with a mugen badge and 10+hp and some mugen bodykits cost too high, too xpansive, this is jus a cv and i don know what a cv can do, maybe u can drive this car to tackle gals gua? a sport sedan? i don think so, maybe a SPORT FAMILY SEDAN GUA?hehe…yeah! i do agree with u mitlanevo.mit-evolution is much more better than this car la, 4wd,s-ayc… bla bla bla. these already state that mitsu is not dreaming like what honda dreams( THE POWER OF DREAM). mitsu is making evolution and more powerful cars instead of just adding some bdkit and 10-20hp more output for a type -r model… guys plz wait for the evo10 .

there are merits to a NA car vs a FI car. both have good and bad points. for people who have been playing a long time with turbo engines, they know the problems those suffer. so a NA can be an attractive option in our hot weather.

yes, CTR FD2 will be coming to m'sia this year. but limited edition units only just like the civic with the mugen bodykit that is sold. i guess price around 200 to 220k?

it's a pity though..this is a really fun car to drive. ask yourself deep down inside what you are looking for. if you want comfort and something easier to mod then go pick something like the rabbit. a turbo engine is easier to mod with just some boost increase. hell, just put in a APR or Unichip and you get some easy access to horsies.

but modding a NA 2.0L to squeeze out some extra power isn't easy. i'm quite sure we will never see the lights of this car in our shores so a more viable option is to buy the CTR JDM and find out what mugen's mods are and retrofit it. honestly though, 220PS out of the K20A is a damn awesome drive already.

in stock form, i dare bet this car will smoke a regular Golf GTI MarkV both on the straight and on the corners. plus, more importantly, it's a stick. :) you just can't replace the feeling of pressing on the clutch with your left foot and dropping gears as you power out of a corner.

if you just wan pure power, there are many other cars you can buy. evo rm280k for example.

but damn man….how many places in KL you get to fully utilize your fully modded evo with some ridiculous hp output like 400bhp or a skyline gtr vspec with some mad 600bhp?

the CTR JDM is a car you can live with and drive on a daily basis and it looks decent – not too ah beng-ish. try sitting in a car that does 0-100 in 6.5s and you will find that the power is damn fun already. you can be king of the road most of the time. hahahahaha. it's not all about who's faster but about what puts a smile in your face when you get into the car and rocket away!

Someone mentioned the JDM CTR being a daily driver and easy to live with. I don't think so. It is very hardcore and very much a track animal. And this Mugen version will be even more so.

About smoking a Golf GTi. On a track maybe. In normal conditions, the Golf will seem to be faster and less annoying simply because of the better low to mid range grunt. The very nature of the CTRs engine deems that you be in the right revs (very high) to have power. In other words, you have to drive the CTR very hard to enjoy it. You don't have to with a GTi.

silverfish, honda type-R's today are no longer like the peaky, screaming B16, and B18 of yesteryear. They have a better torque spread, and are definitely more driveable today.. In fact, even in the DC5, you can hardly feel or hear the vtec changeover as compared to the older engines.

1.06 for a road car in tsukuba is really fast.

i remember watching a timeattack special EVO track car doing a 1.00+ in tsukuba.

Its just Mugen kind of telling their British counterpart, what they did for their type -R is good but they can do it better. Anyway British model and Japanese model are not the same cosmetically and this one looks better. Just cant wait for this year MME, since this year's Honda entries got the help from Mugen to tune up the car to give Lotus RR a fight for overall champion..

BanyakMasukWorkshop (nice nick); I was speaking relatively. Obviously the CTR is going to have a whole lot more torque than my pathetic little car, for example. Against the turbocharged 4 pots in most of its current rivals, the CTR is found wanting. In almost all group tests, the CTR (Europe version, so slightly less powerful compared to the JDM but still almost the same) is found wanting for grunt againsts its rivals.

silverfish: i beg to differ. i think the CTR will still smoke the Golf GTI despite what the torque graph shows. when doing 0-100, the CTR will already have the revs high up. on paper alone it's 0-100 in 6.5s with a stick shift. the GTI only does it in 6.9s.

couple that with the stiff suspension on the CTR, i'm sure it will also smoke the GTI on the twisties. i've test driven a GTI twice and i used to own a MINI. the GTI is setup for a mix between comfort and performance. so the suspension is considered "soft" by performance-car standards.

but if you consider mod potential then i think the GTI wins easily. a simple APR ecu upgrade can boost the power to 250bhp. add a CAI, TBE, and you could easily be looking at above 260bhp…..but power figures isn't everything. :)

the reason i said the CTR is a liveable-everyday car is because

1. it has 4 doors

2. decent boot space you can use at the wet market on a sunday morning

3. you don't always have to drive it at the VTEC points!

4. yes, it's manual. people complain about traffic jams. but as my friend once said "what if no traffic jam??? then you let it loose lah!"

droll, with all due respect to your personal experiences, I meant in normal driving conditions, the Golf would seem faster and do it more effortlessly. 0-100, quarter miles, time attack, regardless or whether you do it legally on a track or elsewhere is considered racing and the track biased setup of the CTR will give it an advantage.

The thing is, on a casual bash down a winding piece of tarmac with a friend perhaps, you'd probably struggle to separate the 2 cars, they'd be closely matched. Which is kind of my point.

As for daily driving, the Golf GTi offers a far better proposition than the CTR, as I'm sure you'll agree. Depending on personal tolerance levels, yes the CTR can still pass off as a daily driver.

To HenryChang. The jackpot going to get bigger again. Anyway, as I said just kidding. This is because I'm wondering whether this car really worth to buy? For me, the car really looks fantastic but some part of the car still more like just average. Besides, are we really going to enjoy with this ride?

So if win jackpot, this car can be like free gift + balance sum of money for you to save. Pay the petrol, insurance and road tax no problem until this car condamn. Bank and other investment also got interest.

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